Al-Khalidiyah (, also spelled Khaldiyeh) is a village in northwestern
Syria
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, administratively part of the
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the north, Raqqa Gove ...
, south of
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one o ...
. Nearby localities include
Kafr Buhum
Kafr Buhum (; also transliterated ''Kfarbuhum'' and ''Kafr Bihem''), commonly referred to as Kfarbo (), is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include al-Rabiaa and ...
to the southwest,
Ayyubiyah
Ayyo () is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located south of Hama. It is neighbored by Kafr Buhum to the northwest, al-Khalidiyah, Syria, al-Khalidiyah to the north, Maarin al-Jabal to the northeast, Besiri ...
to the south,
Maarin al-Jabal
Maarin al-Jabal () is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maarin al-Jabal had a population of 3,710 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitant ...
to the southeast,
al-Jinan to the east and
Surayhin to the northeast. According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Khalidiyah had a population of 4,740 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Sunni Muslim
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s.
Smith
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* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
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** List of people ...
, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
179
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Populated places in Hama District